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The School for Scandal and Other Plays

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014043240X
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The School for Scandal and Other Plays written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1988 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Sheridan's work among the best of of all English comedy. The School for Scandal (1777) is his masterpiece, a brilliantly crafted comedy of contrasts in which brothers Joseph and Charles Surface contend for Maria, with hilariously differing intentions and results. Also a work of acute comic irony, The Rivals satirizes the romantic posturing of Lydia Languish while her disguised suitor Captain Absolute's resourceful contrivances advance an ever inventive and skilfully wrought plot. Included in this edition are the opera play The Duenna and the rarely printed musical play A Trip to Scarborough, adapted from Vanbrugh's The Relapse. Sheridan's last play, The Critic, is an exuberant parody of the modish tragic drama of the day. Lampooning Sir Fretful Plagiary's absurdly bombastic historical drama during its confused stages of production, its satire never fails to delight. The texts of the plays have been newly edited by the General Editor of the Oxford World's Classics English Drama series. A fine introduction and notes on Sheridan's playhouses and critical inheritance make this an invaluable edition for study and performance alike.

The School for Scandal and Other Plays

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199540098
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The School for Scandal and Other Plays written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-12 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers five plays that feature witty banter, farcical situations, and flamboyant characters, including "The School for Scandal," in which the rumor mill goes into overdrive after a man marries a woman who may be involved in an extramarital affair.

The School for Scandal

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Harlan Davidson
ISBN 13 : 9780882950921
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by Harlan Davidson. This book was released on 1986 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text of this edition is transcribed from that of George Nettleton, with additions or deletions set off in brackets. Also included are the dedicatory 'Portrait Addressed to Mrs Crewe', Garrick's 'Prologue', and G Colman's 'Epilogue'. Edited by John Loftis, this edition of The School for Scandal for performance and study also includes an introduction, a list of principal dates in the life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and a selected bibliography.

The School for Scandal and Other Plays

Author : Richard Sheridan
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141913282
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The School for Scandal and Other Plays written by Richard Sheridan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-05-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three plays collected in this volume demonstrate Sheridan's unerring ability to create unrivalled comedy out of ingenious plots, witty repartee, farcical situations and flamboyant characters. And while he never overtly moralizes, Sheridan uses brilliant comedy to deflate hypocrisy and satirize the manners of his age. In The Rivals, Captain Absolute becomes his own rival for the hand of Lydia Languish - wooing her under another name, while her aunt, the verbally inept Mrs Malaprop, wishes her to marry the real Captain. School for Scandal continues the theme of imposture when Sir Oliver tests his nephews by appearing to them in disguise, and learns that reputation and the approval of society are of little value. And The Critic, featuring the pompous Puff and the arrogant Sneer, is a mocking depiction of the theatre, playwrights and, of course, critics.

The School for Scandal and Other Plays

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780141883625
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The School for Scandal and Other Plays written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Sheridan's work among the best of all English comedy. This edition includes his most famous plays, The Rivals, The School for Scandal, and The Critic, as well as two lesser known musical plays, The Duenna and A Trip to Scarborough. A detailed introduction and notes on Sheridan's playhouses and critical inheritance make this an invaluable edition for study and performance alike. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The School for Scandal

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The School for Scandal

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780822220404
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 2005 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Sir Peter Teazle, a middle-aged, wealthy bachelor, has recently married a pretty maid from the country. Suddenly thrust into London's high society, the young and frivolous Lady Teazle finds herself a willing member of a vicious, scandal-

The School for Scandal

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408145030
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enduringly popular less for its plots than for its verbal brilliance and wit, The School for Scandal (1777) was the most frequently performed play of its time. Sir Peter Teazle has made the perennial mistake of elderly bachelors in English comedy and married a much younger wife in the hope that she will be too innocent to cross him. In fact, Lady Teazle spends her time with Lady Sneerwell and the worst set of scandalmongers in town, who have a beady eye on Charles Surface, the reckless young libertine, in expectation of seeing him ruined. Charles, however, turns out to possess the sterling virtues of generosity and loyalty to friends and family; and it is his hypocritical brother Joseph who ends up the villain of the piece. This edition discusses Sheridan's earlier drafts for the play and sets it into its theatrical context of anti-sentimentalism and its social context of the London High Society in which Sheridan had begun to move.

The School for Scandal,

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
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The School for Scandal and The Rivals

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book The School for Scandal and The Rivals written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The School for Scandal

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
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Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The School for Scandal (1777). By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781984185761
Total Pages : 68 pages
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Download or read book The School for Scandal (1777). By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777.PlotAct IScene I: Lady Sneerwell, a wealthy young widow, and her hireling Snake discuss her various scandal-spreading plots. Snake asks why she is so involved in the affairs of Sir Peter Teazle, his ward Maria, and Charles and Joseph Surface, two young men under Sir Peter's informal guardianship, and why she has not yielded to the attentions of Joseph, who is highly respectable. Lady Sneerwell confides that Joseph wants Maria, who is an heiress, and that Maria wants Charles. Thus she and Joseph are plotting to alienate Maria from Charles by putting out rumors of an affair between Charles and Sir Peter's new young wife, Lady Teazle. Joseph arrives to confer with Lady Sneerwell. Maria herself then enters, fleeing the attentions of Sir Benjamin Backbite and his uncle Crabtree. Mrs. Candour enters and ironically talks about how "tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers." Soon after that, Sir Benjamin and Crabtree also enter, bringing a good deal of gossip with them. One item is the imminent return of the Surface brothers' rich uncle Sir Oliver from the East Indies, where he has been for fifteen years; another is Charles' dire financial situation.Scene II: Sir Peter complains of Lady Teazle's spendthrift ways. Rowley, the former steward of the Surfaces' late father, arrives, and Sir Peter gives him an earful on the subject. He also complains that Maria has refused Joseph, whom he calls "a model for the young men of the age," and seems attached to Charles, whom he denounces as a profligate. Rowley defends Charles, and then announces that Sir Oliver has just arrived from the East Indies.Act II[edit]Scene I: Sir Peter argues with his wife, Lady Teazle, refusing to be "ruined by [her] extravagance." He reminds her of her recent and far humbler country origins. Lady Teazle excuses herself by appealing to "the fashion", and departs to visit Lady Sneerwell. Despite their quarrel, Sir Peter still finds himself charmed by his wife even when she is arguing with him.Scene II: At Lady Sneerwell's, the scandal-mongers have great fun at the expense of friends not present. Lady Teazle and Maria arrive; Lady Teazle joins in, but Maria is disgusted......Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 - 7 July 1816) was an Irish satirist, a playwright and poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as The Rivals, The School for Scandal, The Duenna, and A Trip to Scarborough. He was also a Whig MP for 32 years in the British House of Commons for Stafford (1780-1806), Westminster (1806-1807), and Ilchester (1807-1812). He is buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His plays remain a central part of the canon and are regularly performed worldwide.

The School for Scandal

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781533646347
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The School for Scandal - A Comedy - A Portrait By R. B. Sheridan, esq. The School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777. In comparing editions of the play, one will find several relatively minor textual differences. One reason is that Sheridan revised his text repeatedly, not only prior to its first production, but afterwards. In its earliest stages, as detailed by Thomas Moore, Sheridan developed two separate play sketches, one initially entitled "The Slanderers" that began with Lady Sneerwell and Spatter (equivalent to Snake in the final version), and the other involving the Teazles. He eventually combined these and with repeated revisions and restructuring arrived at substantially the play that we have today. The play did not appear in an authorised edition during Sheridan's lifetime, though it was printed in Dublin in 1788 from a copy that the author had sent to his sister.

The School for Scandal

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781539133063
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777. The School for Scandal has been widely admired. The English critic William Hazlitt was particularly effusive in his praise of Sheridan's comedies in general and of this play in particular:The 'School for Scandal' is if not the most original, perhaps the most finished and faultless comedy which we have. When it is acted, you hear people all around you exclaiming, "Surely it is impossible for anything to be cleverer." The scene in which Charles sells all the old family pictures but his uncle's, who is the purchaser in disguise, and that of the discovery of Lady Teazle when the screen falls, are among the happiest and most highly wrought that comedy, in its wide and brilliant range, can boast. Besides the wit and ingenuity of this play, there is a genial spirit of frankness and generosity about it, that relieves the heart as well as clears the lungs. It professes a faith in the natural goodness as well as the habitual depravity of human nature.

The Rivals and The School for Scandal

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
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Download or read book The Rivals and The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The School for Scandal

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
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Download or read book The School for Scandal written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

R.B. Sheridan's "A School For Scandal": a play in a colonial context

Author : Miriam Dunja Berraissoul
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640162188
Total Pages : 17 pages
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Download or read book R.B. Sheridan's "A School For Scandal": a play in a colonial context written by Miriam Dunja Berraissoul and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Institut für Anglistik), course: Seminar, language: English, abstract: This paper shall analyse Richard Brinsley Sheridan`s play “The School for Scandal”. This drama was first performed in 1776 in London’s Drury Lane Theatre, and was a cultural part of the colonization process in India. The aim of the first chapter is to provide some background information about Sheridan and his time, and also serves to explain the role which the concept of the sentimental comedy played during the time it was first performed in London. The main focus here, however, is to explore the differences as well as the comparable elements with other comedy genres. The second chapter deals with the production of “The School for Scandal” which was first performed in Calcutta in 1777. Here it seem appropriate to analise the motives behind the exportation of British culture into the colony and to find out more about the commercial as well as the cultural aspects. An important source of information in reference to this production is the Folger manuscript; a handwritten copy of the play complete with stage directions, which had been used at the New Playhouse in Calcutta. It is necessary to mention here that this Folger manuscript “recovered” by Mita Choudhury, whose essay about the production of “The School for Scandal” is the main source for the second part of this paper. The aim of this chapter however, is not to summarise her work, but rather to approach her argumentation critically. The last part of the paper deals with the question whether or not there is a connection between the play and the process of colonialism in Calcutta in terms of the production itself and its content. It also examines the part which colonialism plays within the drama, with regards to its moral and financial aspects.